But the 205-page book is also unapologetically pro–law enforcement and largely colorblind, a relic of an era in which the country’s conversation on criminal justice focused not on reducing arrests or diagnosing racial injustice in the system, but preventing offenders from committing crimes. The book mentions racial bias in policing just twice.

“Virtually all law-abiding citizens feel safer when they see officers walking a beat,” Harris writes in her 2009 book. “This is as true in economically poor areas as in wealthy ones.”

Harris writes that some parents should be prosecuted for chronically truant children, that prostitution should remain criminalized, that teachers and principals want police presence around schools, that law enforcement should not ignore low-level drug users — all ideas that chafe against the progressive belief that a heavy law enforcement presence does more harm than good in vulnerable communities.

While conservatives need to move beyond a punishing focus on longer sentences, liberals, Harris writes, should “[get] past biases against law enforcement.”

this part has been getting less attention but seems like it could also be a big deal

Beyond the superdelegate change, Democrats also voted for other reforms, including requiring state parties to accept absentee votes in caucuses and encouraging states to open their primaries and caucuses to independent voters and expand same-day registration, according to NBC News.

i'm not sure how many people will want to vote absentee in a caucus (genuinely not sure, not using that as a euphemism for "i don't think people will want to"). but that seems like it might impact how campaigning/ground game works in caucus states.

more open primaries/caucuses and expanded same-day registration seem like good measures insofar as they make the process more democratic, but i doubt we'll see quite the sea change towards left/populist candidates that some bernie ppl seem to be expecting. curious how it'll all shake out in any case.